Indigenous and inclusion

Supporting people and communities

As a trusted managing contractor within the Australian building industry, we build and revitalise commercial and social infrastructure to the long-term benefit of people and communities.

Through our Indigenous and Social Inclusion Strategy and Stretch Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), we demonstrate our commitment to ensure we provide participation opportunities in employment, training and enterprises for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and businesses over the life of our projects.

Our Indigenous and Social Inclusion Strategy includes:

Guiding principles and commitments

Development of culturally safe workplace practices
A target of 4% for Indigenous employment
Becoming a signatory to the Uluru Statement

Indigenous Business Partnerships

Development of commercial relationships with Indigenous businesses
Building capacity, skills and business acumen in newly established Indigenous businesses

Participate in Raising the Bar

Setting an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander procurement target of:

1.5% of annual influenceable spend by FY2022
2% of annual influenceable spend by FY2023
2.5% of annual influenceable spend by FY2024
3% of annual influenceable spend by FY2025

Our company's achievements

Stretch RAP

In November 2022, Broad Construction's parent company CPB Contractors launched a Stretch RAP for 2022-2025. They worked closely with Reconciliation Australia to develop a plan that outlines actions and deliverables that support Broad Construction and CPB Contractors to continue the journey of reconciliation.

Our ABSE Database and Playbook

To affect positive social and economic change, we’ve developed an industry-leading Social Inclusion Procurement Policy, which has seen us create our industry's largest in-house online database of Aboriginal and social enterprise businesses.

To keep building this centralised database, Broad Construction's parent company CPB Contractors has also launched an ABSE Playbook which breaks down the steps involved in working with us as a supplier or service provider.

Supply Nation and Social Traders

As a founding member of Supply Nation and a member of Social Traders, Broad Construction are connecting with verified Indigenous businesses and social enterprises across the country. During the financial year 2021/2022, Broad Construction and CPB Contractors procured $92 million of goods and services from Indigenous businesses and social enterprises.

$12 million in Indigenous business contracts in 2022

In 2022, more than 15 Indigenous businesses were awarded contracts worth over $12 million nationally through Broad Construction. These include companies working across waste management, security, stationery and office supplies, electrical and building supplies.

Indigenous Graduates

To further assist us with a pipeline of Indigenous professionals, we make early access offerings to the CIMIC Graduate Program for those who successfully complete their university studies and internships with us. To date, 291 Indigenous university students have completed internships with CPB Contractors, with a high number offered direct employment.

CareerTrackers

In June 2022, Broad Construction's parent company CPB Contractors signed their second 3-year agreement with CareerTrackers; an organisation that supports pre-professional Indigenous university students and links them with employers to participate in paid, multi-year internships. To date we have supported 92 interns with 64 being offered direct employment.